15 Teacher Skills to Grow in 2025, Day 9

Day 9: I can accept that not every classroom behavior is under the conscious control of the student. There is a wide variety of situations in which a child may start to feel something they don't understand and react to it in a way that is disruptive or inappropriate in the classroom. This fact doesn't excuse every possible behavior, of course, but it helps to explain why some of things kids can't often explain themselves happen. Additionally, it could hopefully make it less likely to label a student based on a behavior as a "good kid", "bad kid", or the like.